Revision cards covering 4 big ideas in the play:
Beware the corrupting effects of ambition
Supernatural is evil and deceiving
Guilt is paralysing and inescapable
Violence is cyclical
The revision cards track 6 quotations for each big idea across the play and contains perceptive inferences aimed at meeting the criteria in the top bands of the mark scheme.
I have a similar resource but aimed at students working towards grade 4 or 5 which is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12686070
Choose the one that best suits the ability of your class.
If you find this resource useful, try my bundle for more Macbeth resources including lesson on all scenes, writing frames, model answers, theme and character revision cards and lots more.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-full-unit-12584291
A lesson comparing the leadership of Snowball and Napoleon in Animal Farm to prepare students for answering an exam style question on the theme of leadership in the novella. A range of activities include:
What makes an effective leader
Explore Orwell’s message about how power corrupts
Adjectives to describe each character
Analyse 5 quotations by each character with answers
Find alternatives to This shows/This suggests
Writing frame included for lower ability students
Lesson introducing the character of Squealer.
It starts by looking at adjectives to describe Squealer and his function of the play.
Then students make inferences about 11 Squealer quotations and then compare their explanations to my teacher explanations.
The lesson is aimed at a mid ability class. However, there are some concepts aimed more at higher ability students such as obfuscation and gas-lighting and contextual links to Molotov and Pravda that can be explored in greater depth with higher-ability classes.
Lesson on Act 5 Scene 1 which prepares students for answering a question about how Lady Macbeth is presented in this scene.
Includes general questions on the extract, a table (with answers) to explore the impact of language features and a writing frame for turning the table into an extended analysis. There is also a high level model response that I show to students after they have attempted the question to help them respond to feedback.
There is also an extension activity encouraging students to write a psychological evaluation of Lady Macbeth.
I have also added comprehension questions to help analyse the scene in great detail.
Other popular Macbeth resources include:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revise-20-extracts-11868136
Revision cards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-theme-revision-cards-ambition-supernatural-guilt-violence-deceit-courage-11868831
Grade 9 model ansers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985
Knowledge organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-character-revision-sheet-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-is-lady-macbeth-presented-in-act-5-scene-1-worksheets-and-a-model-response-11422450
Push more able towards the highest grades by using this worksheet to explore contrasting quotations to bring out the complexities and contradictions within the language of the 5 main characters.
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
In this huge resource I have collated my most popular Romeo and Juliet resources from the last 10 years into one place with clear files names to help you find the resources you want quickly.
This comprehensive resource contains the following:
*80+ page revision guide
PowerPoints and detailed worksheets covering virtually every scene barring the very brief interlude scenes.
High grade model answers
Quotation revision posters
Theme revision cards
Comprehension questions on each act
Writing frames aimed at different abilities
Film viewing log
Article writing based on the play
Quotation quizzes
Exam-style questions
Planning strategy sheets
Sheets for developing analysis of methods
Romeo and Juliet quotation revision posters
Romeo revision timeline activity
And lots more.
Please check out the range of previews to appreciate the wide scale of resources that I have collated here.
A lesson analysing the character of Boxer from Animal Farm.
Includes detailed annotations of 10 key Boxer quotations to prepare students for answering an exam style question on Boxer.
The lesson is aimed at students with a grade 5/6 target.
3 lessons with PowerPoints and resources to help students revise 3 key quotations for each of the 18 poems in the EDUQAS 9-1 Poetry anthology.
Lesson 1:
Revise 3 quotations from each poem in the Eduqas GCSE Poetry anthology.
Includes the answers on the powerpoint appearing one by one with the mouse click.
Lesson 2:
Check understanding by identifying the key quotations and using images to commit them to long term memory.
There is also an extension activity asking students to pair up the poems and create discriminating comparisons.
Lesson 3:
Revise 3 key words for each poem. Use a code to explore comparisons between poems.
Links to other Eduqas poetry resources:
Revision Cards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-wjec-poetry-revision-cards-gcse-12107545
Lessons on all poems
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-anthology-bundle-2-lesson-on-each-poem-11896591
Revision resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072
Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065
Selection of 20 premium resources to support the teaching of GCSE 9-1 specification. Includes:
popular revision sheets
9 grade 9 model answers
revision cards
exam-style questions
20 key exam length extracts
7 writing frames
model responses
comprehension questions on select scenes
20 lessons covering almost all scenes in the play
A bundle of resources covering the WJEC/EDUQAS grade 9-1 anthology poems with lessons on individual poems and resources to revise the whole collection.
Includes: revisions cards and a revision grid, revision lessons by theme, lessons on learning key quotations, quizzes and lots more. Have a look through the previews.
If you don't want to buy the full bundle, here are some ;inks to some of my other Eduqas poetry resources:
Revision grid:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-poetry-revision-grid-11388967
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-wjec-poetry-revision-cards-gcse-12107545
Lessons on all poems
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-anthology-bundle-2-lesson-on-each-poem-11896591
Revision resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072
Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065
A detailed plan for an exam response to the following AQA style question:
Starting with Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 4 Scene 3, explore how Shakespeare presents the effect of love on Juliet. (34 marks)
I have also included the actual exam question and extract along with an alternative plan.
Focused on A01, A02 and A03.
Updated for 2024 bundle containing lessons, writing frames, revision grids, grade 9 model answers for the power and conflict poems. flashcards, revision powerpoints.
I do have other power and conflict resources available:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-11626301
Model answers:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-grade-9-model-essays-12213236
Revision cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049
In this 106 page booklet, I have compiled my most popular resources on Romeo and Juliet from the last 10 years of teaching into one easy to print booklet.
The booklet includes:
quotation posters for 5 characters
revision cards on themes and Romeo’s character
high grade model answers
theme trackers
comprehension questions
writing frames
key extract worksheets
critical theories
context
abridged version of the play
and lots more.
6 worksheets to support the teaching of descriptive writing about WW1 trench warfare.
To prepare KS2 and 3 students for the AQA GCSE exam on creative writing, the writing is inspired by a specific image.
The worksheets cover figurative language, sensuous descriptions, planning and model examples.
A 19 slide revision lesson for Paper 1 Question 5. Best used over 2/3 lessons.
Using the image of a haunted house as the inspiration, students complete a series of tasks on a worksheet (attached) aimed at developing skills for Paper 1 Question 5 (covering sentence types and openers, advanced punctuation and figurative language) before completing the description. Students then evaluate their work using the suggested strategies.
Also contains a lesson which goes through some high level exemplars of a lighthouse.
Complete lesson looking at the conversation between Demetrius and Helena in Act 2 Scene 1. Structured activities build up towards writing a paragraph analysing each character.
7+ high quality lessons covering the following characters.
Fred
The four ghosts
Fezziwig
Tiny Tim
Women (Belle, Mrs Cratchit, Mrs Fezziwig, Fan)
The Cratchit Family
Scrooge
Also includes a lesson covering all 4 ghosts.